{"nhtsa_id":10146546,"type":"service_bulletin","type_name":"Service bulletin","date_added":"2018-11-05","date":"2017-02-01","document_id":"B520117","mfr_campaign":null,"replaces":null,"component":"SEATS","mfr_system":null,"summary":"?RATTLING/CREAKING NOISE FROM REAR BENCH SEAT BACKREST . Rear seat bench backrest makes creaking or rattling noise when driving on uneven surface. Torsional stresses on vehicle body cause movement between seat back and latching mechanism. Friction among backrest locking mechanism components generates noise.","document":{"url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10146546-9999.pdf","alternate_url":"https://static.nhtsa.gov/odi/tsbs/2017/MC-10146546-0001.pdf","confirmed":false},"url":"https://open.wenmarpro.com/bulletins/10146546","components":[{"id":"seats","name":"Seats","parent":null}],"codes":[],"topics":[],"vehicles":[{"make":"BMW","model":"328D","year_from":2014,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2014_bmw_328d","2015_bmw_328d","2016_bmw_328d","2017_bmw_328d"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"328I","year_from":2013,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_bmw_328i","2014_bmw_328i","2015_bmw_328i","2016_bmw_328i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"330I","year_from":2017,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_bmw_330i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"335I","year_from":2013,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2013_bmw_335i","2014_bmw_335i","2015_bmw_335i","2016_bmw_335i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"340I","year_from":2017,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_bmw_340i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"428I","year_from":2015,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_bmw_428i","2016_bmw_428i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"430I","year_from":2017,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_bmw_430i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"435I","year_from":2015,"year_to":2016,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2015_bmw_435i","2016_bmw_435i"]},{"make":"BMW","model":"440I","year_from":2017,"year_to":2017,"match":"exact","vehicle_ids":["2017_bmw_440i"]}],"as_of":"2026-10-19","note":"A bulletin is a manufacturer's communication to its dealers, as NHTSA indexes it. The summary is NHTSA's. The document is the manufacturer's: read it at NHTSA. A bulletin is not a recall, and listing a model year does not mean every vehicle of it is concerned.","attribution":[]}